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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
I first heard about this book when listening to the Girl Boss podcast sometime last fall and bought it a few weeks later. However, I bought "Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office" first so I started reading that (this had a shoutout to that book!), which I would say is way more informative but also a lot less entertaining than this one. I've been in a bit of a book funk lately, not being able to finish any book that I've started, but I finished this book in a day.
I like that it had some useful information, portrayed in a less-than-serious way so it was both funny and easier to deal with. However, I feel like (lol) the "Get Your Speak On" part was almost completely useless... it mentioned certain speaking habits women have that can come off negatively, and yet I couldn't tell if the advice part aka "Threat Level" was saying whether to stop saying those things or not since it seemed to be trying so hard to be funny. In the end it seemed like the advice was "well this can come off as unprofessional but who cares, that's how you speak!" And, yeah, I get that argument, but I thought the whole point of this book was that it is an "office survival manual for a sexist workplace," and sometimes you have to do things to "survive" and thus get to where you want to be that may compromise your personality. It's work, for god's sake, not hanging out with your friends. You might have to change up your natural way of speaking to sound more professional.
Bennett tried to mention intersectional feminism, but it seems like lip service when everything refers to vaginas and all of her stories are about (all?) white women in the media industry. I watched that "Last Fuckable Day" skit she said we should all watch, and found it not funny at all, but that might be because I cannot stand white feminist Amy Schumer. Really, that's your main takeaway regarding the effect of age on working women? What was truly the best and most diverse part was the list of current and past "Feminist Fight Clubs," full of some interesting groups for every type of woman, and it kind of felt like I learned more reading that than most of the rest of the book.
One thing that really bothered me was that after I finished reading I noticed she had a very extensive bibliography...! And here I was thinking she hadn't referenced any of her sources. Why didn't she add annotations? When you look at the bibliography you see phrases that are supposed to help you find what point that source is backing up. Did she think annotations would ruin the ~Buzzfeed~ way of writing that she was going for? Because even Buzzfeed adds links to their sources right in their stories! It was kind of annoying reading about so many studies she mentions and having no way to really verify them unless you skim through the text again and find what each footnote is referring to. Just.... why?
In the end, it was good and entertaining, but I feel like most working women would get more out of "Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office" which has more hard-hitting, useful, and practical advice (aaand I am 2/3 done with it and need to finish!).
I like that it had some useful information, portrayed in a less-than-serious way so it was both funny and easier to deal with. However, I feel like (lol) the "Get Your Speak On" part was almost completely useless... it mentioned certain speaking habits women have that can come off negatively, and yet I couldn't tell if the advice part aka "Threat Level" was saying whether to stop saying those things or not since it seemed to be trying so hard to be funny. In the end it seemed like the advice was "well this can come off as unprofessional but who cares, that's how you speak!" And, yeah, I get that argument, but I thought the whole point of this book was that it is an "office survival manual for a sexist workplace," and sometimes you have to do things to "survive" and thus get to where you want to be that may compromise your personality. It's work, for god's sake, not hanging out with your friends. You might have to change up your natural way of speaking to sound more professional.
Bennett tried to mention intersectional feminism, but it seems like lip service when everything refers to vaginas and all of her stories are about (all?) white women in the media industry. I watched that "Last Fuckable Day" skit she said we should all watch, and found it not funny at all, but that might be because I cannot stand white feminist Amy Schumer. Really, that's your main takeaway regarding the effect of age on working women? What was truly the best and most diverse part was the list of current and past "Feminist Fight Clubs," full of some interesting groups for every type of woman, and it kind of felt like I learned more reading that than most of the rest of the book.
One thing that really bothered me was that after I finished reading I noticed she had a very extensive bibliography...! And here I was thinking she hadn't referenced any of her sources. Why didn't she add annotations? When you look at the bibliography you see phrases that are supposed to help you find what point that source is backing up. Did she think annotations would ruin the ~Buzzfeed~ way of writing that she was going for? Because even Buzzfeed adds links to their sources right in their stories! It was kind of annoying reading about so many studies she mentions and having no way to really verify them unless you skim through the text again and find what each footnote is referring to. Just.... why?
In the end, it was good and entertaining, but I feel like most working women would get more out of "Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office" which has more hard-hitting, useful, and practical advice (aaand I am 2/3 done with it and need to finish!).
I have paused on this book because of the kindle format and because a lot of it does not apply to me as a woman who's been in the workforce for 10 years. I'm still young, but not the target audience for the book. There are some good tips and I would recommend this to go along with [b:Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps|16089359|Adulting How to Become a Grown-up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps|Kelly Williams Brown|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/book/50x75-a91bf249278a81aabab721ef782c4a74.png|21512725] as a great present for women just graduating from college or early on in their careers. If I'd had these two books 10 years ago... I would've made some better choices!
This book calls itself an "office survival manual" and it actually is, which I so appreciate.
Often self-help texts include a little help and a lot of personal essays about the author's personal experiences, but this is straight up situations followed by a variety of responses for you to choose from. It's a book I'd love to revisit, and I've already implemented changes suggested by the text.
Often self-help texts include a little help and a lot of personal essays about the author's personal experiences, but this is straight up situations followed by a variety of responses for you to choose from. It's a book I'd love to revisit, and I've already implemented changes suggested by the text.
Odds are I would have liked it a lot more if I hadn't already read a half a dozen books on the same subjects, including the source material.
Good, fun, helpful and empowering read. Takes a lot of the knowledge and puts it in one fun and accessible package. Would highly recommend for folks just entering the work force, and regular reviews by everyone else.
Good, fun, helpful and empowering read. Takes a lot of the knowledge and puts it in one fun and accessible package. Would highly recommend for folks just entering the work force, and regular reviews by everyone else.
The information was good, but -1 star for some sections being pretty cis-centric.
This is a book that really got me fired but and did so in a humorous way. Gotta love a book that can do that.
3.5/5 - A humourous and handy guidebook, easy to read but refreshingly no-nonsense approach to the patriarchy & everyday sexism women face. Biggest criticism is - you need to cut down on the genital references!!! Not all women have vaginas!!! Equating women to their parts, even with the intention of being light-hearted, alienates the shit out of trans women (who are most discriminated against in the workplace, by far!!!)
I enjoyed this but felt like it was pretty much a fun, entry-level-employee rewrite of Lean In. And while most of the advice is pretty sound, I raised my eyebrows a couple of times (don't look through resumes until you have half female applicants? What?). Bottom line: If you are too young for Lean In to align with your career or to appeal to you, this is a good read, but use your judgment.
'Imposter syndrome' wasn’t coined as a term until the 1970s, but it’s safe to assume women have always felt it: that nagging feeling that, even after you’ve just done something great, maybe you actually don’t deserve the
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This book was an interesting look at the issues that women often face in the workplace, and potential methods for combatting them. The style was engaging and made me laugh quite a few times - which is rather impressive considering the discussion topic of office sexism.
My only issue was that it did get repetitive - sometimes the same story or fact was repeated several times, but overall I found it a fun and no-nonsense guidebook to dealing with everyday sexism (which will hopefully become less everyday).
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This book was an interesting look at the issues that women often face in the workplace, and potential methods for combatting them. The style was engaging and made me laugh quite a few times - which is rather impressive considering the discussion topic of office sexism.
My only issue was that it did get repetitive - sometimes the same story or fact was repeated several times, but overall I found it a fun and no-nonsense guidebook to dealing with everyday sexism (which will hopefully become less everyday).
I wish I'd had this book when I was 18 or 19. I loved the first half, I liked the stupid little illustrations and diagrams - I'm very visual so those appealled to me - and I realised that I had encountered many of the situations described in the book than I thought. I liked that it gave strategies to deal with them too! That said, it's definitely geared towards office based jobs and the format DOES get repetitive, but that's the only reason I'm not giving this ☆☆☆☆☆!